The Last American Election

[Riddick]

Bachmann Warns: 'This Is The Last Election'


Direct Link: https://youtu.be/KuRwIcagXYQ

In sharing with Christian Broadcasting Network viewers just how crucial this election is, when Michele Bachmann told CBN's David Brody, "I believe without a shadow of a doubt this is the last election," just what does she mean?

She believes if Hillary Clinton is elected, she'll let people into the country who will change the demographics of states like Florida and Texas and make it impossible for Republicans to win there. Bachmann said, "If we can't win Florida or Texas, it's game over."

"This is the last election when we even have a chance to vote for somebody who will stand up for godly moral principles," Bachmann explained.

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[Cherry Kelly]

yes I listened to the shows.
And considering several web sites also discuss voter fraud with stats ... ya.

get rid of machines and go paper only.
Voter ID and pre-registration in ALL states.
it is one way to stop fraud... or most of the fraud.

[Riddick]

yes I listened to the shows.
And considering several web sites also discuss voter fraud with stats ... ya.

get rid of machines and go paper only.
Voter ID and pre-registration in ALL states.
it is one way to stop fraud... or most of the fraud.

Still, there's the problem of frauds who get elected - For them, dishonesty isn't the best policy, it's the only policy - Obviously, they like things as they are. Entrenched incumbents, enact term limits? OH sure. We should live so long.

The reason so few honest folks get elected to high office is The Big Club won't back them. As George Carlin said, politicians exist to have us believe there's a choice, when in reality we have none. Voting is irrelevant to the result.

Regardless of outcome, the policy is the same. National sovereignty already as good as dead, the "Global Super Court" assures The Big Club is guaranteed to get more for themselves at the expense of everyone else. The fix is baked in.

Insofar NO ONE elected to positions of high import serves SANS their "higher-up" ruling, The Big Club doesn't give a crap WHO We The People choose, they've got it covered; In the end, it doesn't matter. The table is tilted, the game is rigged.

Voter fraud? The Election * IS * The Fraud.

[Cherry Kelly]

Carlin must have the give it up attitude. Shame really to have that kind of outlook on life. With that kind of attitude there would be no explorers, no inventions, nothing.

[Riddick]

Carlin must have the give it up attitude. Shame really to have that kind of outlook on life. With that kind of attitude there would be no explorers, no inventions, nothing.

We also need folks who aren't afraid to say it like it is, the kind of detached observers who don't and won't buy the hype or allow the day in day out barrage of Big Club propaganda color their perception of reality. IMHO IF he HAD "given it up" he wouldn't have kept at it as he did for 40 some years. Shame he put it out there yet most folks didn't "get it"

As it is we wouldn't be where we are today if we hadn't been electing the c*cksucker puppets who've been selling out the country the last half century. Nobody seemed to notice, nobody seemed to care. NOW, finally *some* notice? General public's a little slow on the uptake, eh?

The sellouts took the opportunity the brain dead public presented to rig the system big time. But make sure to vote anyway! The more folks do, the more it does to legitimize the fraud, as willful participation IN the fraud is what The Big Club relies on to have it all run smoothly.

So, we can keep having those elections we like so much, yet the reality is so long as The Big Club has their Global Super Court, there's nothing they have to sweat about?? How nice is THAT! (For THEM that is... More like a KICK IN THE HEAD for the rest of us...!!)

[Raggedyann]

Carlin was a genius and saw exactly how things were unfolding long before the rest of us. The middle class didn't see it until they woke up one morning and realised they could no longer afford to buy houses, RV's, boats, and take vacations. Some couldn't even afford to buy decent food or clothing anymore. The toys changed to cheaper stuff like cell phones and wide screen TV's. Aren't we lucky they found a more economical way for us to spend our decreasing wages?

Then we got the Internet and started to learn that CEO's were raking in 10 mil in bonuses at the same time that they were closing down factories and crushing unions. Guess everybody just thought the wrong political party, aka club members, had gained power but as soon as their chosen club members were back at the board table, everything would be fine again. We've had the Internet for 20 years and club members have been rotating at the table and nothing changes except that CEO bonuses are now 40 mil.

[Doka]

CEOs do not operate, with out Government permission .

[kbot]

Then we got the Internet and started to learn that CEO's were raking in 10 mil in bonuses at the same time that they were closing down factories and crushing unions. Guess everybody just thought the wrong political party, aka club members, had gained power but as soon as their chosen club members were back at the board table, everything would be fine again. We've had the Internet for 20 years and club members have been rotating at the table and nothing changes except that CEO bonuses are now 40 mil.

Here in the land of unfettered ultra-liberalism known as Massachusetts, we've been hit with another series of job losses. This particular story struck me because this is the place my Dad worked for over forty years, as did some of my uncles and aunts. My father-in-law also worked here. At one time, they were a booming operation. Now they appear to be closing as jobs continue to be sent off shore. Politicians talk, but they do squat to help the American worker.

Snippet:

Livin' and Dion: Where's the love for American labor?

Labor Day is America's hidden holiday.

By Marc Munroe Dion
Herald News Staff Reporter

For the 100 just laid off at Duro, how’s Labor Day going?

I thought so.

So, here’s what you need to remember as you leave Duro on your last day.

There will be no awareness day for you. Go home and die.

Or, get a little retraining. It’s free. Get a job that pays less than you made at Duro. Heck, get two jobs.

Don’t look for Hillary Clinton to show up and do a campaign ad, either. What’s she gonna do, film you cleaning out your locker?

Donald Trump won’t show, either. Given his history of having clothes made overseas, he may not know there ever was a textile industry in this country.

Nope. You’re on your own, though if the plant closes for good, a bedraggled state rep or two may show up on the last day. Don’t expect them to stay too long.

Labor Day is America’s hidden holiday.

Politicians can say something about the day, but it’s not like Memorial Day or Veterans Day.

On those days, even the most useless of elected officials can blather on about “freedom isn’t free,” and “this holiday isn’t about cooking hot-dogs on the grill.”

Did you ever see a politician get up and say that Labor Day was about people who were killed in steelworker strikes, miners who died because mine owners scrimped on safety, women who sold their lives to a coffee shop for minimum wage?

A state rep who said that would be called a socialist because, in 2016 America, any demand for higher pay or better working conditions is socialist.

All unions are socialist, although your masters in government continue to enjoy high rates of unionization.

From the lowliest city hall clerk, to the battle-attired cop, all of them have representation you’ll never get and benefits you’ll never see.

What isn’t socialist on this Labor Day?

Racism isn’t socialist. Paying women less than men isn’t socialist. Hiring only part-time workers to get out of paying benefits isn’t socialist.

Forced overtime isn’t socialist. Sixteen-hour shifts aren’t socialist.

Tax increment financing deals aren’t socialist. Taxpayer-funded industrial parks aren’t socialist. Campaign contributions from business owners aren’t socialist.

This week, workers stood outside a local nursing home, picketing. How many Fall River elected officials were out on that line? How many stood with their constituents?

Why take the risk? Save it for Memorial Day, when the constituents you’re honoring can’t complain.

Last week, I was writing a history blog for The Herald News, and I was using old copies of the papers for research.

One of the stories I read in those old papers was about workers striking at a Ford bomber plant.

They didn’t strike for better wages, either. They struck because the company violated a union work rule.

It was 1944. The United States was battering its way into Germany. There were men and women in that factory who had sons and brothers and husbands fighting in Germany.

Why did they strike? Why did members of The Greatest Generation commit such a treasonous act? Were they socialists? Did they hate America?

Oh, some of ‘em were socialists, no doubt.

But mostly they knew that, for working people, the war at home lasts forever.

And they knew that, if there were no good jobs to come home to, victory over the Nazis would mean nothing.

And for all the American flags we fly, and all the patriotic bumper stickers we put on our Korean-made cars, and for all the T-shirts with patriotic slogans we wear, we have forgotten how to be brave in our own country.

Happy Labor Day.


http://www.heraldnews.com/opinion/20160 ... ican-labor

[kbot]

Perhaps, even more disturbing is this news. "Retraining" is the solution that's been offered by the government for decades now. Jobs get sent overseas and we're supposed to "retrain" workers.

So, what does one do when the very programs meant to retrain are closed by the government??????? What irks me is that, not everyone is cut out for college. Even then, I see college graduates every day who can't find jobs and they're stuck with massive debt. So, while ITT Tech has issues, the concept should not be trashed. I just feel that this is the same story that goes back to the post-WWII years where these types of schools clashed with the college/ university model (which, as we have seen, ALSO DOESN'T WORK.....)

Granted, ITT Tech sounds like they have their problems - how about FIXING THE PROBLEMS instead of closing the schools?

ITT Tech shutdown could cost taxpayers nearly $500M

The Obama administration’s regulatory crackdown on for-profit colleges has put another school out of business — setting a new bar for what enforcement could look like under a possible Clinton Education Department.

The collapse Tuesday of ITT Tech, a massive, publicly-traded for-profit education company with 130 campuses across the country, comes just 12 days after Obama’s Education Department imposed stringent new regulatory restrictions on the college chain. Taxpayers are now on the hook for nearly $500 million in federal loans that ITT students are eligible to have forgiven.

It was the most aggressive action yet by an administration that has long sparred with the for-profit education industry but had walked a delicate line in being sensitive to business interests while seeking to impose stronger consumer protections for students.

This is the second time in as many years that the crackdown has brought down one of the industry’s biggest players — and saddled taxpayers with potentially hundreds of millions in cleanup costs.

Students who attend a school that abruptly closes are eligible to ask for a "closed school discharge" of their loans. For years, some liberals have complained that big for-profit education companies were treated as if they were too big to fail by regulators, because the cost of forgiving loans from a large for-profit could be massive.

But the Obama administration’s action against ITT Tech signals a new willingness to take on large for-profit colleges — regardless of the millions it could cost. In ITT’s case, it could cost taxpayers nearly $500 million to forgive the students’ loans. The hit to federal coffers will likely be softened by the more than $94 million that the Education Department had already ordered the company to set aside to cover those costs.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) praised regulators for holding ITT "accountable."

"The Department of Education sent a clear signal that ripping off students and taxpayers will not be tolerated — no matter how big the school is or how many lobbyists it employs," Brown said.

The move by the department comes under the watch of Education Secretary John B. King Jr., confirmed in March, who is considered a possible candidate to remain as secretary under Clinton. And Rohit Chopra — a former senior adviser to King, ally to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and outspoken critic of ITT — recently joined Clinton’s transition team.

Tuesday evening, Warren bashed ITT's track record in a Facebook post, writing that the school "left tens of thousands of students drowning in debt with useless degrees."

"ITT had years to clean up its act and multiple warnings," Warren wrote. "But instead, it chose to engage in outright fraud to keep the gravy train going to the tune of over $600 million in taxpayer dollars just last year."

For-profit industry leaders and their supporters say that Carmel, Ind.-based ITT is just the latest victim of an Education Department hell-bent on targeting and dismantling the sector.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) who chairs the House’s higher education subcommittee, accused the department of “intentionally” targeting the industry with “unnecessary regulations that threaten student choice, innovative schools and an American economy that stands to benefit from responsive higher learning institutions.”

“Today’s announcement that leaves thousands of students in a difficult position is a direct result of the Obama administration’s harmful policies,” she said.

But Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said ITT Tech “has no one to blame but itself for its failure.”

"For years, the company exploited students and fleeced American taxpayers. Today, its predatory practices have finally caught up to it,” Durbin said.

Last year’s demise of Corinthian Colleges, under similar regulatory pressure from the Education Department, has already directly cost taxpayers at least $97 million — on top of an additional tens of millions of dollars in fraud-related claims by students.

ITT Tech CEO Kevin M. Modany told reporters Tuesday that the department is more politically charged than any other time in his 15 years in the business.

"Today, we know by our experience that a U.S. institution or business can be forced to shut down without proof of any allegations,” Modany said. "The legal and regulatory assault on our schools and this sector of education is certainly unprecedented.”

Since taking office, the White House has been critical of for-profit colleges, but took pains to say it’s interested only in rooting out bad actors — not bringing down an entire industry. But in recent years, as abuses by some for-profit colleges has become a galvanizing political issue for the left, the administration has more forcefully taken action against for-profit education companies.

Then-Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in an MSNBC interview last year that the administration was “thrilled to be able to close down Corinthian.” As Corinthian slowly collapsed over the course of a year, under the weight of Education Department restrictions, the department helped broker the sale of half of that company to a nonprofit entity.

This time around, though, the department acted swiftly against ITT Tech. The Education Department prohibited the college chain from enrolling any new students using federal student aid — in what amounts to a death sentence for the company, whose main source of revenue is federal student loans and grants.

For months, ITT had been at risk of losing its accreditation. The school has also been investigated by about a dozen state attorneys general, and was sued by both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (for alleged predatory lending) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (for alleged securities fraud).

ITT Tech is the second biggest recipient of Pell Grant in the country – trailing only the massive University of Phoenix. In the past year, ITT received more than $165 million in Pell Grants, federal records show. And the company took in an additional $281 million in federal student loans, according to federal data.

Trace Urdan, a for-profit college analyst, said the Obama administration is “pretty clearly” taking a more aggressive stance than previous presidents, and that it's only grown with intensity under King.

Politically, the administration faced little backlash for its handling of Corinthian, and gains politically in its aggressive oversight with liberals like Warren, Urdan said.

“This feels like a winning issue — at least for Democrats and the Political Left. …. They feel like it gets points with Progressives and doesn’t really cost much with moderates,” Urdan said.

Urdan said the naming of Chopra to Clinton’s transition team could signal that Clinton takes a similar view.

“They are sort of seeing this through the same lens that the current administration is, that this is kind of a winning issue for them,” Urdan said.

Others see the Clintons' own personal ties to the for-profit sector — Bill Clinton was paid nearly $18 million to be "honorary chancellor" at for-profit Laureate Education — as suggesting that a Clinton administration might not regulate the industry as aggressively as Obama has.

Donald Trump, who has been dogged with questions about his role in a real estate venture known as Trump University, has said little about how he would handle the oversight of for-profit colleges. But given his business background, it’s widely assumed he would be friendly to the industry.

King on Tuesday defended the department’s actions against ITT, saying it was “a difficult choice” but was necessary to protect students and taxpayers “from potentially worse educational and financial damage in the future” if ITT was allowed to continue to operate. The Education Department said it took action after ITT’s accreditor said it was no longer in compliance.

In 2011, then-Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) blasted ITT’s recruitment tactics from the Senate floor. Harkin, a critic of the industry, seized upon a “pain funnel” training document that was used to train some ITT recruiters. The “pain funnel” reminded prospective students, many of whom were financially struggling, about how bad their life was. If a prospective student was hesitant about signing up for classes, recruiters were instructed to “poke the pain a bit” and remind the student of how awful their life would continue to be without a college degree.

At the time, ITT management responded that the pain funnel had never been formally approved by the company as a training tool.

One former ITT student now weighing his options is Chris Blank, who served in Afghanistan with the Marines. The father of two told POLITICO he’s been studying electrical engineering at an ITT campus in Vista, Calif., for three years, but still is about nine months short of getting his degree.

The GI Bill benefits he used to attend ITT can’t be reset, and he said he’s taken about $25,000 in student loans to help with costs. With his school closed, he’s no longer eligible for Veterans Affairs Department housing benefits and he worries about how he will pay rent next month.

“I’m hoping they did it in the best interest of students and taxpayers,” Blank said of the department action.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/i ... ors-227765

[Doka]

Get ready for more of the same. If you want more of the same , Vote, Hillary. Our time of innocents and ignorance is just about over.

[Raggedyann]

Get ready for more of the same. If you want more of the same , Vote, Hillary. Our time of innocents and ignorance is just about over.

Hillary or Trump. The new rotation at the big club table!

Crooked Hillary loves Wall Street and lies about her sleazy past and crooked Trump outsources his manufacturing and pays off politicians with donation money so they won't investigate his scam university. No investigation for him, just a paltry $2500 fine. Yep, one big club.

At least Trump is unabashedly and un-apologetically giving a glimpse into his sleazy ways so everybody will know in advance what they're getting. Hey, that's the new idea of a strong leader. And the RNC stays quiet because he's the perfect candidate to vote unanimously at the big club table in favour of the corp masters. He's been one!

[Riddick]

CEOs do not operate, with out Government permission .

And Governments do not operate, without The Big Club's permission.

WOW! A ruling Triumvirate! Now THAT's a swell setup! And for sure, a Three Ring Circus like that needs a captive audience, right? Ladies, gentlemen, non-binary, Come ONE, Come ALL!

See the trained Donkeys and Elephants doing their song and dance act! Jumping through hoops on command! Entertaining rubes at the bidding of their masters! It's fun & games GALORE

And the best thing is, there's NO missing out. It's like Carlin said... 'When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat.'

[Raggedyann]

Kbot - loved this post:

Labor Day is America's hidden holiday.
By Marc Munroe Dion
Herald News Staff Reporter

I sent it to a few of my socialist buddies. You know, those people that work hard to survive but instead feel like butterflies frantically flapping their wings while trapped in a jam jar.

[Riddick]

Will their still be a Labor Day when the only workers are robots? I'm talking AI machines now, not human automatons - Speaking of which, what will THEY be doing? I mean, with everyone out of a job, where will they get the money to buy what the robots produce? Basics like FOOD?

Or mebbe we'll have a new kind of 'consumer' economy. Love your neighbor, eat your neighbor.

[Raggedyann]

Will their still be a Labor Day when the only workers are robots? I'm talking AI machines now, not human automatons - Speaking of which, what will THEY be doing? I mean, with everyone out of a job, where will they get the money to buy what the robots produce? Basics like FOOD?

Or mebbe we'll have a new kind of 'consumer' economy. Love your neighbor, eat your neighbor.

They are buggering around trying to figure out how they will pay us a guaranteed income. The next thing you know, they will put a limit on how many kids we have so they can reduce the income over time. The only real humans on the planet will be CEO's.

This theory would be a good sequel to 1984. Get busy Riddick as you have the writing skills and you too could be rich enough to survive to pal around with robots.